Tool-handle



M. FALOS.

TOOL HANDLE.

PatntedSept. 27, 1921, I 2 SHEETS SHEET M. FALOS.

TOOL HANDLE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE.H,'I920.

4 PatentedSept. 27, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES VPA TEN T OFFICE.

MICHAEL FALOS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOOL-HANDLE.

1391326. I i Application filed .Tune 11,

To all 'whom it may 00771067 71 Be it known that I, MICHAEL FALOS a citizen of Ukraine, residing at Boston, in the county of Sufl'blk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool -Handles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a tool handle wherein devices are adapted' for attachment to the handle for supporting either a saw, file or other tools.

With the above and other objects in View, the present inventon consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and shown in the accompanying drawings, whereinlike reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, e

Figure 1 is a' side elevational view par- V tially in section of the handle having a file blade supported therein,

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same with the file blade broken away,

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of amodified form of file support with the handle broken away,

Fig. 4 is a side elevational View of the saw blade support with the handle partially broken away,

Fg. 5 is a cross sectional view taken on line V-V of Fig. 1 showing the clamping bars for engagng the inner end of the file blade,

Fi 6 is a cross sectional View taken on line I-VI of Fig. 1,

Figs. 7 and 8 are detail perspective views of the clamping bars carried by the handle for engaging the file blade, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the block for supporting the free end of the file blade.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, there is illustrated a combined file and saw handle embodying an arched portion 1 provided with finger and hand braces 2 and 3, the forward end of the handle portion 1 being of increased cross sectional area to provide a block 4 while' the rear end of the handle 1 is channel-shaped as at 5 and formed cylindrical at the eX- treme end thereof as at 6 for the passage of supporting devices for the saw and file blades.

One type of device for supporting the inner end of the file blade is shown in Figs.

Specification of Lette's''atent. Patented Sept. 27, 1921.

1920. Serial Ne. 38s,16o

1, 5, 7, and 8 and embodies a rod 7 of tapering rectangular formation to fit within the channel portion 5 of the handle l and carryng a screw extension 8 for passage through the circular end 6 of the handle to receive the A upper and lower ends of the plate 13 and are adapted for alinement with the openings 12 in the head 10 while thumb screws 16 freely pass through the head openings 12 and thread into the screw openings 15 to vary the distance between the side walls of the recessed portions ll and 14. A file blade 17 has the inner tapered mounting ends 18 thereof dsposed'in the opposed recessed portions 11 and 14 while an adjustment of the thumb screws 16 clanps the saw blade in position. i

The hearing block is provided for the outer end of the handle l in engagement with the saw blade 17 and is shown in detail in Figs. 1, 6 and 9. The block 19 carries a screw 20 freely projectingthrough the opening 21 in the handle block 4 with a thumb nut 22 threaded upon the inner end thereof for clamping the block in the desired position with the lower end of the block engaging the upper face of the file blade 17. The handle 1 may be gripped as desired, and the file blade reeiprocated thereby while the block 14 engaging-the upper face of the blade will determine the pressure thereon. The clamping heads hold the file blade adjustably mountedin the handle while the file blade supporting bar 7 is removably mounted within the handle end 6.

A modified form of file mount is shown in Fig. 3 and embodies an arm 23 having a mounting screw 8' with an adjusting nut 9' therefor while the forward end thereof is provided with a socket 24 for the reception of the inner end 18 of the file blade 17, a set screw 25 passing through the side wall of the socket 24 for engagement with the file blade to hold the same in position. The forward end of the blade 17 passes through the opening 26 in the lower end of the block 19 while the screw 20 upon the block retains V the same in position in the enlargedhead i of the handle frame l. v

A saw support is shown in Fig. 4: wherein an angle bracket 27 carries a screw 8" passing through the end 6 of the handle part 1 and retained in position by the thumb nut 9". An angle bracket 28 carries a screw extension 29 passing through the head i of the' handle l and is retained in the handle by the thumb nut 30. The saw blade &l is connected at one of its ends'to the lower end ot' the bracket 27 as indicated at 32 Whiie the other end of the saw blade 31 is secured as at 33 to a mount 3 1, which mount carries an angle bar 35 reely projecting through an opening 36 in the depending arm of the bracket 28 while a screw 37 carried h the mount i'reel jro'ects throu 'h the I y .Vl l 2-,

lower end ot the braclret arm 28 and is retained therein by the thumb nut 38.

It will there'fore be seen that with the provision of a single supporting handle l, modified forms of brackets may be provided therefor 'for supporting file blades and saw blades, and while there are herein shown and described the preferred embodiments of the, invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made the-rein without departing from the spiritand scope of the same.

W hat is claimed as new is:

i. An implement of theclass described comprising an arched handle, an apertured head carried by one end thereof, the opposite end of said handle having a passage opening therein, tool supports associated with each end of the handle, one of said supports including a block, a screw carried by the block and extending through the head of the handle and an adjusting nut for said screw.

2. An implement of the class described comprising an arched handle, an apertured head carried by one end thereof, the opposite end of said handle having a passage opening therein, tool supports associated with each 'end of the handle, one of said supports in- `end of the handle, one of said supports including a red having a screw extension projecting through the passage opening in the handle, an adjusting nut for the projectin screw, and a clamping head carried by sai( red.

4. An implement of the class described conprising an arched handle, an apertured head carried by one end thereof, the opposite end of said handle having a passage opening therein, tool supports associated with each end .of the handle, one of said supports including a rod having a screw extension projecting through the passage opening in the handle,`an adjusting nut for the projecting screw, an angularly disposed head carried by said rod and a plate claniped 'to said head.

5. An implement of the type described comprising a handle oi` arehed formation, a tool supporting bracket removably attached to each end ot the handle, and terminal and intermediate hand grips'projecting laterally of the arched portion of the handle.

6. An' implement of the type described cenprising a handle of arched formation having one 'end extended to provide a hand grip; brackets carried by the handle adapted to support atool in operative-position relative thereto, and additionalhand grips carried by the arched portion' of the handle and projecting laterally thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

- MICHAEL FALOS. 

